January 2014 – PlanetJune by June Gilbank: Blog

South Africa wildlife III

January 24, 2014 @ 8:19 am · Filed under: Wildlife & Nature

This post is part of my occasional series of photoblog posts about the wildlife and nature I see while living in South Africa. I’m very happy to be able to resume these wildlife posts! One of the hardest parts of the last year was having no free time to enjoy the amazing opportunity I have […]

Commissions: rebooted

January 16, 2014 @ 5:51 am · Filed under: My Craft Business

I had to take a break from my crochet pattern commissions towards the end of last year, to keep up with my book deadlines. Now it’s time for me to start them up again, and this is a good opportunity for me to re-examine the process and see how I can improve it to make […]

announcing my new Crochet book!

January 14, 2014 @ 3:57 am · Filed under: Crochet

I’m very excited to announce that my new book will be released on August 5th, 2014, and it’s already available for pre-order on Amazon! With my last book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Amigurumi, I created the ultimate reference book on amigurumi, and now I’ve turned my attention to all of crochet for my new […]

January update

January 6, 2014 @ 7:22 am · Filed under: General

I’m still technically on holiday for another week, but in this age of smartphones and wifi it’s hard to ever take a complete break – there are always more questions to answer and people to help! I’m trying to keep work to a minimum, though, and enjoying some relaxing crafting time. My Craft WIPs It’s […]

2013: year in review

January 1, 2014 @ 4:49 am · Filed under: My Craft Business

2013 has been one crazy non-stop year! I love making these annual reports – it’s a way to take a step back and really see what I’ve achieved in the year. Until I started this post, I felt like I hadn’t accomplished much this year apart from the new book (which will unfairly count as […]